Atheism and Purpose

[The_Flying_Skeptic]

[quote='The_Flying_Skeptic' pid='85538' dateline='1281338657']
@Edward_The_Theist

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the color of the sky is something everyone agrees on. I understand why someone would walk away from a conversation with you if you asked them to prove the sky was blue: they probably thought you were crazy and walked away. you don't have to be a scientist to say that the sky is blue. What is the connection between being closed minded and accepting the consensus that the sky is blue?

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The point is not about the sky being blue. The point is about the concept of proof in general.

Your vague point is about how you don't think we should trust common sense, even when crosschecked by a 3rd party.

It's about atheists who go around proudly boasting that "science is the only truth!" When "Science" searches for whatever results ensure more grant money. Period. If you have the money, you can get the science.

that may be true for some things like when tobacco companies were probably paying off scientists to say that their product did not cause cancer (see Thank You For Smoking (film)), but you're wrong in saying that science doesn't continue to produce results that are beneficial to humankind.

You go around beating up on the Christian god, and it makes you look stupid. Of course that god doesn't exist. How long are atheists going to keep banging that drum? Until there's no Christian Church? Great, good luck with that. I criticize atheists for not having a definition of that which they don't believe in and you come across in response with a five-year-old's concrete cognition about the blue of the sky . And you still want me to think you're intellectual? You might as well be burning atheist prayer candles.

Are you serious: beating up the Christian god? what the fuck is that supposed to mean: "not having a definition of that which they don't believe in". are you trying to impress me or something because i'm not trying to be smart 'that which by what' you are trying to do? um, yeah, 5 year olds don't need there daddy's to tell them the sky is blue. I'm sure even 5 year olds can make the logical connection between the color 'blue' and the color of the sky as everyone else does. I'm sure you don't even know what you're talking about when you say 'concrete cognition'; so I don't care if you think i'm intellectual or not.

You say you don't believe in God. What pray tell is this God you don't believe in? Define it. I'll bet you can't. I'll be no one in here can. I'll be no one in here thinks past the concept of the Sunday School god when they think about that which they don't believe in.

i'll let you clarify on this one since the question didn't make any sense in English.

I've said it before; I'll say it agian, your intellect, anyone's intellect, is defined by that which they are superior to. If all you got is a disbelief in the Christian god and nothing in its place, you're just one notch up from the toothless hillbilly stompin-and-a-praisin in the First Church of the Third Revelation.

what if i believe the tooth fairy is superior to me? does this solve the problem? am i no longer a nerdy toothless hillbilly once I believe in the superior great all knowing pink elephant too? You make no sense dude. maybe you're just waaaay too smart for all of us.

Okay, the floor is yours (unless you're going to start challenging me about what floor, where floor, what do I mean...floor).

what is a floor? the floor is a word. the floor is a word... bird is a word i say the bird is a word! http://goo.gl/26KD